Important Tip: Read each question carefully before starting your research. Each website link may help you answer more than one question. Search these sites carefully. Write down your answers on a sheet of paper and create a report of your findings.
What resources did Champlain and Sieur de Mons expect to find in the New World?
Based on what you have learned about trade between the French and First Nations people create a sign for a Trading Post (Store) on St. Croix Island. This sign should list what First Nations items can be traded for which French items and what French items can be traded for which First Nations items. For example 1 beaver pelt could be traded for 2 loaves of bread. It is up to you to decide what the items are worth.
To get your thinking started create a list of items the French brought for trade and a list of items the First Nations used for trade.
See the example from another explorer’s Trading Post (below) for ideas.
Create 5 math problems for the class asking them to decide what they can get for the items you have given them. For example, you can get them to use your Trading Post sign to figure out what French items they can get for 2 beaver pelts or which First Nations items they can get for a piece of silver. Come see me and I will show you an example.
Make an answer sheet for your math problems.
Example from another explorer’s Trading Post:1 yard of silk = 2 ounces of gold5 ounces of ivory = 1 wooden canoe1-pound bag of spices = 1 ounce of gold
Finished already? Edit, edit, edit! Ensure your work is complete, detailed, and neat. Remember you are going to be teaching this to the rest of the class so you need to know what you are talking about. Check the rubric to make sure you have everything completed. Double check with the teacher.
So, you really are finished and you are looking for fun activities to complete that relate to this topic? Check out this website to learn how to make a simple compass, a quill pen, your own coat of arms, and more! http://www1.gnb.ca/0007/Culture/Heritage/VMC/2newgame.asp?when=1604
RESOURCES & TRADE:
Task #1: RESEARCH REPORT
Important Tip: Read each question carefully before starting your research. Each website link may help you answer more than one question. Search these sites carefully. Write down your answers on a sheet of paper and create a report of your findings.
- What resources did Champlain and Sieur de Mons expect to find in the New World?
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/expos/champlain/expl2_en.html- Why did they want these resources?
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/saintcroixisland/english/crossing.htmhttp://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/stcroix/natcul/natcul5_e.asp
- What goods or resources did they want to get from the First Nations people?
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/saintcroixisland/english/origin.htm- What resources were available on St. Croix Island?
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/saintcroixisland/english/island3.htm- What resources did the island lack?
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/saintcroixisland/english/island3.htm- What did the French bring in order to help them found a new settlement? How did they use these resources to found the settlement?
http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/saintcroixisland/english/Specimens.htm- What resources did they bring to trade with the First Nations people?
http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/expos/champlain/com4_en.htmlhttp://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/saintcroixisland/english/TwoWorlds2.htm
- What resources should they have brought to help them to better survive the winter on St. Croix Island?
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010233349/http://www.stecroix2004.org/en/history.htmTask #2: FOR THE ENTREPRENEURS (BUSINESS PEOPLE)
Example from another explorer’s Trading Post:1 yard of silk = 2 ounces of gold5 ounces of ivory = 1 wooden canoe 1-pound bag of spices = 1 ounce of gold
Finished already? Edit, edit, edit! Ensure your work is complete, detailed, and neat. Remember you are going to be teaching this to the rest of the class so you need to know what you are talking about. Check the rubric to make sure you have everything completed. Double check with the teacher.
So, you really are finished and you are looking for fun activities to complete that relate to this topic? Check out this website to learn how to make a simple compass, a quill pen, your own coat of arms, and more! http://www1.gnb.ca/0007/Culture/Heritage/VMC/2newgame.asp?when=1604